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King Mo Tests Positive for Steroids.

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Believe it or not, he denies:

Former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal tested positive for the anabolic steroid Drostanolone at the Jan. 7 "Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine" event.

That's according to Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer, who today emailed the event's drug-testing results to MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

When today contacted by MMAjunkie.com, Lawal denied using any banned substances.

All other fighters from the Las Vegas show tested negative for performance-enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse.

Lawal (9-1 MMA, 4-1 SF) scored a second-round knockout of Lorenzo Larkin at the event, which took place at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Lawal, who was fighting for the second time since losing his Strikeforce belt, fought in the night's Showtime-televised main card.

Barring a successful appeal, Lawal faces a one-year suspension, a fine, and the overturning of the win to a no-contest.

Drostanolone (also known as Drolban or Masteron) often is used as a diuretic among weight-cutting and recovering/injured athletes, according to various online sources.

Other fighters tested at the event include Luke Rockhold, Keith Jardine, Robbie Lawler, Tyron Woodley, Tarec Saffiedine, Tyler Stinson, Nah-Shon Burrell, James Terry, Gian Villante, Trevor Smith, Ricky Legere, Chris Spang, Estevan Payan and Alonzo Martinez. All tested negative.

Stay tuned to MMAjunkie.com for more on this story, including reaction from Lawal.
http://mmajunkie.com/news/27008/str...e-for-anabolic-steroid-fighter-denies-use.mma
 
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The main uses of this steroid is to lower cholesterol and it has also been used to treat cancer victims...

On the other hand it has also been used among amateur wrestlers, bodybuilders, fighters and so on, usually to help them maintain musclemass and/or strenght during a weight-cut.

Just some info for those interested :p

And damn, King Mo got hit, even though he was all the way up there on his high horse
 
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Permanently ban him from ZUFFA or the sport. They need to make an example out of some one. I have no tolerance for cheating in high level sporting competition. Get rid of him.
 
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It should be treated like most normal jobs. You get a warning for a first offense for a failed drug test. Warning could be time off/fine etc. Second offense, you're fired.
 
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Fighters aren't on a level playing field in general. Who cares?

Anyway, the funny thing is it's crazy how Mo's been clean his whole career. Seems almost silly he'd be caught now.
Huh? Yes they are. Another human being competing against another human being. When you start adding performance enhancing drugs into the equation it is ruining the competitive nature of the sport (this applies to all sports). Why tolerate it?
 
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It really does make me wonder how the hell these fighters think they are going to get away with it? Are they hoping NSAC or CSAC won't do drug testing on that day? How stupid can you be?
 
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